!!!Pöls

Poels, Styria, municipality in the district of Judenburg, 
alt. 790 m, pop. 3,072, 
area 33,52 km%%sup 2/%, industrial town on the River 
Poelsbach, north-west of Judenburg, on an old Pass Road between 
Rottenmanner Tauern Mountains and Triebener Tauern Mountains. - Four 
run-of-river stations on the River Poels, mineral water bottling 
(Sauerbrunn Palace in cadastral district of  Thalheim); paper and 
cellulose industry, packaging manufacture, summer tourism ("biotope" 
swimming pool). - First documented mention 860 as "Pelisam", 
hammer works from the 15%%sup th/%  century, later production of 
scythes, between 1865 and 1901 ironworks, Reifensteiner paper mill 
since 1700. - Parish church, Roman-Gothic pier basilica (first 
documented mention in 1147) with columnar high altar (1735), altars 
and pulpit by B. Prandtstaetter, late Gothic statue of mercy (around 
1520), crucifix (around 1520) by Master Caspar of Friesach, Roman 
circular ossuary, Gothic column with lantern; east of Poels Gusterheim 
Palace (1661-1663); ruin of Reifenstein Castle (first documented 
mention in 1145); ruin of Offenburg Castle.

!Literature
W. Brunner, Geschichte von Poels, 1976.


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